This Week in Google 629: Tastes Like Pikachu - a podcast by TWiT

from 2021-09-15T21:16:07

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  • Facebook Knows Instagram Is Toxic for Teen Girls, Company Documents Show.

  • Facebook sent flawed data to misinformation researchers.

  • Instagram's Met Gala 2021 Table Took the Best Class Photo With Meg Thee Stallion, Saweetie & More.

  • Announcing the 2021 Ig Nobel Prize winners.

  • Intuit is buying Mailchimp for $12 billion to focus on small businesses.

  • Ryan Reynolds and Will Ferrell posted their own take on TikTok's a cappella 'Grace Kelly' challenge.

  • How to watch the Inspiration4 launch, SpaceX's first fully private mission to space.

  • Amazon boosts hourly pay to over $18, to hire 125,000 workers.

  • Amazon to pay full college tuition for front-line employees.

  • Amazon Launches Its First TVs: Fire TV Omni Series with 4K Ultra HD.

  • Amazon CEO Andy Jassy says it's 'hard to argue' its retail business is a monopoly.

  • Amazon CEO Andy Jassy: 'It's still early days for us in media'.

  • The next Big Tech battle: Amazon's bet on healthcare begins to take shape.

  • Amazon gives Kindle e-readers a rare user interface overhaul.

  • Update Google Chrome Immediately.

  • South Korea Fines Google for Abusing Smartphone Dominance.

  • Otherworldly 'time crystal' made inside Google quantum computer could change physics forever.

  • Google's voice assistant in new EU antitrust investigation, MLex reports.

  • Germany's 'sovereign cloud' is coming—and it's provided by Google.

  • Google finishes laying a giant undersea internet cable stretching 3,300 miles from New York to the UK and Spain.

  • Google hypes the Pixel 6 in Japan with bag of 'Google Original [Potato] Chips'.

  • Google hosting 'Search On' 2021 keynote later this month.

  • Hands-on with Google Assistant Driving Mode's long-awaited home screen UI.

  • Google Photos will now ship individual prints directly to your door.

  • Google search is finally officially getting dark mode on desktop.

  • Area 120's 'Museletter' turns your Google Docs, Sheets, & Slides into paid newsletters.

  • Google now lets you ask to join 'Pixel Superfans' with a simple sign-up form.

  • Google One quietly adds 5TB storage plan for $24.99/month following Photos changes.

Picks:


  • Stacey - Luci for making power wheelchairs smart

  • Jeff - 12 billion doses in arms are required to get the majority of adults vaccinated. We stand at about 5.5 billion & have been averaging 1 billion/month

  • Jeff - Pixel Buds Series A

  • Jeff - Back to the office

  • Ant - Wanderers Photo Workshop Moved

  • Ant - Dry Bar is Underrated and also Greg Morton


Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt


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